Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1983. With 36 maps. Once again Pierre Berton has drawn on contemporary accounts, diaries, letters and memoirs to recapture the feel, the smell, the sound and the horror of a half-forgotten war. This is his second volume of the war between the United States and Canada and deals with the campaigns of 1813 and 1814. Natural colour boards with red cloth spine. Gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated endpapers. Bookplate to ffep. Price intact dust jacket illustrated by Gerald Sevier.. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Bookseller: Gilt Edge Books (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A1193
Title: Flames Across The Border 1813-1814
Author: Berton, Pierre
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Third Printing
ISBN 10: 0771012446
ISBN 13: 9780771012440
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication: Toronto
Date Published: 1983
Keywords: Canadiana Canada-History War of 1812 ISBN 0-7710-1244-6
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FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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